Te Araroa (day 21) - Purora Forest Park to Taumarunui [Timber Trail] / mile 637
Day two of walking along the Timber Trail. Today the path was mostly flat as it followed the route of the timber railway, there was a lot of rusting tracks and wheels scattered by the trail quite ab atmospheric detail. A couple of suspension bridges linked the path and it was a joy to bounce up and down while walking through them. This section was as immaculately maintained as the one yesterday. I set off early, the main bulk of cyclist caught up with me around 11am, everybody was going to the end of the trail 45km ahead. I didn't encounter anything worth mentioning during the walk other than perhaps two tiny wild pigs, I doubt they were of the 'micro' type, I was glancing around checking if their mother wasn't about to charge me. Both piglets vanished into the forest once I got too close. There was a lot of great information on the boards standing along the track, here are few about vermin control, hunting and...